Marine Life
The small, shrimp-like animals that make up most of the diet of baleen whales.
What is krill?
The largest ocean on earth.
What is the Pacific?
Tiny fragments of synthetic materials, often originating from larger debris or consumer products, that pose a serious threat to marine organisms.
What are microplastics?
The process where plants and algae produce oxygen using sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
The name of Ariel's crab friend in The Little Mermaid
What is the Sebastian?
What is octopus?
The ecosystem known as the "rainforest of the sea" because of its high biodiversity.
What is coral reef?
The name of the large brown algae that form underwater forests along coastlines.
What is kelp?
What is the megalodon?
The largest of species of fish in the ocean.
What is whale shark?
This type of coastal wetland, rich in juvenile marine life, is often found where freshwater mixes with saltwater.
What is estuary?
The term for leftover fishing gear, such as nets and lines, that are lost or abandoned in the ocean.
What are ghost nets?
Marine plant that filters pollutants from the water, serves as a nursery for young fish and invertebrates, acts as a significant carbon sink, and protects coastlines from erosion.
What is seagrass?
Will Smith voices Oscar, the main protagonist in this animated movie.
What is the Shark Tale?
This deep-sea fish is known for having a bioluminescent lure on its head to attract prey.
What is anglerfish?
The open zone of the ocean, far from shore.
What is the pelagic zone?
Phenomenon in which increasing levels of a certain gas in the atmosphere are absorbed by ocean waters, leading to a decrease in pH and affecting marine organisms.
What is ocean acidification?
Type of algae often responsible for harmful algal blooms that can deplete oxygen levels in the water and harm marine life.
What is red tide (or dinoflagellates)?
This mythological sea creature was used to sink a ship in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
What is the Kraken?
This type of dolphin is known for its high intelligence and is often seen performing tricks in aquariums.
What is bottlenose dolphin?
The underwater phenomenon that brings cold, nutrient-rich water from the deep ocean to the surface.
What is upwelling?
The name of the condition where excess nutrients cause overgrowth of algae, which uses up oxygen and leads to the death of marine life.
What is eutrophication?
Tiny plant-like organisms that are the base of the ocean food web and produce more than half of the world's oxygen.
What is phytoplankton?
Marlin finds his son Nemo at this address in Finding Nemo.
What is P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney.